Solana Foundation - Legal Operations Lead
Requirements
• Has strong opinions about what good legal tech looks like, and can back them up • Treats AI tools as multipliers, not novelties, and uses them daily — with a clear-eyed view of where they fail and how to build guardrails around those failures • Gets excited about automation and reaches for tools like Zapier, Make, or custom integrations before doing something manually twice • Has the substantive legal grounding and raw analytical horsepower to build tools attorneys actually trust and to identify issues attorneys might miss • Can read and mark up routine contracts, structure a legal memo, or analyze a novel legal issue without waiting to be told what to look for in the first instance • 3–7 years of combined legal operations and/or paralegal experience; candidates at the lower end of that range must demonstrate exceptional technical and analytical ability • Hands-on experience with a CLM platform (Ironclad strongly preferred); you've configured workflows, not just submitted requests through one. • Experience with automation tools (Zapier, Make, n8n, or equivalent) and comfort with no-code / low-code environments • Strong command of contract fundamentals: structure, defined terms, reps & warranties, indemnification, limitation of liability, termination • Genuine intellectual curiosity about Web3, blockchain, or digital assets — enough to engage substantively, ask good questions, and get up to speed fast without hand-holding • Collaborative, positive and team-oriented with a proven record of building strong relationships, both internally and externally, at all levels and across different teams and functions. • Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • High analytical ceiling: you identify the question behind the question, structure problems before solving them, and are honest about what you don't know • Experience at a crypto-native company, Web3 foundation, high-growth startup, or financial institution • Familiarity with grant programs and grant agreement management • Exposure to data tools (Airtable, Notion databases, or similar) used for legal matter and compliance tracking • Experience supporting a lean legal team where you had to build infrastructure from scratch • Comfort with basic scripting (Python, JavaScript) or API calls — not a requirement, but a strong differentiator (for integrations) • Sophisticated, daily user of AI tools for legal work, with a point of view grounded in real experience: where they accelerate work, where they hallucinate or miss nuance, and how to build review processes that catch failures before they matter
Responsibilities
• Legal Operations & Technology (primary focus) • Own, configure, and continuously improve the legal team's CLM platform (Ironclad); go beyond administration — redesign workflows, build approval logic, and surface data insights • Identify, evaluate, and implement AI and legal tech tools across contract review, drafting assistance, compliance monitoring, and matter tracking — including designing appropriate human review for AI-generated outputs and maintaining a clear audit trail • Build and maintain automations that eliminate repetitive legal tasks — intake forms, routing, reminders, status updates — using tools like Zapier, Make, or similar • Develop and document Standard Operating Procedures for all key legal workflows; make the implicit explicit • Create dashboards and reporting that give the CLO and leadership visibility into contract status, cycle times, and compliance posture • Stay current on emerging legal AI tools and proactively bring recommendations to the team with a realistic assessment of risk, reliability, and integration cost • Substantive Legal Support • Draft and redline commercial agreements including vendor contracts, NDAs, grant agreements, and partnership terms, both from templates or from scratch • Maintain and improve the contract template library; ensure templates reflect current standard positions • Own and manage the KYC/KYB verification processes and compliance tracking from end to end • Assist with corporate governance (including preparing materials for board meetings) and periodic reporting • Cross-Functional Collaboration • Act as the connective tissue between legal and the business — translating legal requirements into workflows that non-lawyers can follow • Partner with finance, compliance, and grants teams to streamline shared processes • Train and enable other teams to self-serve on routine legal tasks through well-designed tools and documentation
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